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ADAM SOHEID, OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER COMPANY, OFPORTLAND, MAINE.

SPINDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,721, dated April13, 189'?. Application iiled December 22, 1896. Serial No. 616,647. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM SCHEID, a citizen of the United States,residing in Harrison, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindles; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- actdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to providea spinning-spindle which willadjust itself to an unbalanced load and which is of simple constructionand reliable in operation.

The invention consists in t-he improved spinning-spindle and in thecombination and arrangement of parts, substantially as will behereinafter more fully described, and iinally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of myimproved spinningspindle and its support with certain portions brokenaway and others shown in section to better illustrate the nature of mysaid invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional view on the line 0c x of Fig. l.

In said drawings, a represents a spindlerail provided with the verticalhole or opening a', penetrated by the tube c, containing step andbolster bearing for the spindle e. The latter is provided with thesleeve f and whirl g, by means of which motion is imparted to the saidspindle, as will be manifest.

The tube c, which is of smaller external diameter than the internaldiameter of the hole or opening a', is provided above the rail with anannular iiange d, resting on the intermediate washer h, made of suitableelastic material. The said iiange is provided in its periphery atuniform distances with a series of holes (preferably three) arrangedsubstantially horizontal and radially with relation to the spindle e, inwhich holes are arranged the springwires z', bent substantially as shownand provided at their free ends with loops z", penetrated by set orthumb screws 2,

. by means of which said spring-wires are securely held to and on thespindle-rail a. It will be seen from l[he foregoing that the springwirest' securely hold the tubes c in position and its flange d in closecontact with the elastic Washer h, thus rendering the mounting of thetube liexible and the spindle e capable of adjusting itself to anunbalanced load.

The spring-wires 'i are so constructed and bent that when not under theaction of the screws '2 their looped portions t" are at acute angles tothe spindle-rail-that is to say, the spring-power of each wire can beincreased by tightening its respective screw. By this arrangement theexibility of the spindletube can easily be adjusted, as will bemanifest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube flexibly mounted onsaid rail and provided with an annular flange, a whirldriven spindle insaid tube, and a series of radially-arran ged spring-wires adj ustablysecured with their outer ends to the spindlerail, and engaging withtheir inner ends the annular iiange of the tube, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

2. 'Ihe combination with the spindle-rail, of a tube flexibly mounted onsaid rail and provided above the rail with an annular flange, awhirl-driven spindle in said tube, a series of radially-arrangedspring-Wires having their inner ends substantially parallel to thespindle-rail and engaging the annular flange, and having their outerends formed into loops, at an acute angle to the said spindle-rail, anda screw penetrating each of said loops and engaging the saidspindle-rail, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day of December, 1896.

ADAM SCHEID. Vitnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, DUNCAN M. ROBERTSON.

